Heidi

TRERNDING AUGUST 28,2013

by Heidi Aiken,posted Aug 28 2013 12:00AM

An head-on collision with fatalities - this morning …has…closed the eastbound lanes of I- 26 in Asheville at mile marker 32/ …near the I- 40 junction/ Troopers are diverting traffic from I-40, and all arteries of I-26 are closed between the 31 and 33 mile markers.

there is a detour/ and --- traffic is slowing on I85 SB at mm 63 in spbg county – due to a crash involving an 18 wheeler

Funeral plans for longtime Beacon "Caller" J.C. Stroble include- / A public viewing …Friday …at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Spartanburg …from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m/ Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cornerstone Baptist Church

The anniversary of…Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s ``I Have a Dream'' speech is being commerorated today / details at 50th anniversary march on Washington .com

Sprint is eliminating about 800 customer service jobs because fewer people are calling its centers.

Lady Antebellum will return to play the Bi-Lo Center on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, Tickets will go on sale Friday, Oct. 4./ Visit Lady Antebellum's websitefor more information. Details will also eventually be posted on the venue's website.

Here we go – college football season is here….7th ranked USC hosts UNC tomoro night 6pm on ESPN

The Blood Connection is down to a two-day supply of blood and is asking for donations.
Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed his dream of a better, more equal America, President Barack Obama and two former presidents will commemorate the 1963 March on Washington.
today

Papi's Tacos will open in downtown greenville near lazy goat- by the river.. It is part of the well-established Table 301 Restaurant Group/ visitgreenvillesc.com has details

there's a guy leaving big tips in Ogden Utah/ totaling thousands of dollars ...have been left at two bars in downtown and at a golf course...the mystery tipper left $1,000 on a 49-buck tab./ five grand on a $214 bill./ a number of employees have split the tips.

The nation's largest private employer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will extend its health care benefits to all its U.S. workers' domestic partners starting Jan. 1. defines domestic partners as spouses of the same-sex or opposite gender, and unmarried partners who are not legally separated who have lived together for at least 12 months, are not married to anyone else, are in an exclusive relationship and plan to continue sharing a household indefinitely.

ypu may have already been doing this- topping your burger with french fries..now, burger king has a french fry burger on the menu..The French Fry Burger clocks in at 360 calories, with 19 grams of fat. Burger King says the new burger will be available September 1 through the fall

. Russia has evacuated dozens of its citizens from Syria/ There are increasing indications the Obama administration is considering a military intervention in reprisal for what it says was President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons last week.

Two of the three most popular shows are on cable. The MTV VMAs and ``Duck Dynasty'' were both watched by more than 10 million people. The VMAs might be the most talked about show of the week, but ``Under the Dome'' is still number one. It was watched by nearly 11 million people, according the latest Nielsen ratings.

According to the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index, Sprint had a 71 rating out of 100. That was unchanged from last year, but an improvement from its low of 56 in 2008. Verizon Wireless was at 73, AT&T at 70 and T-Mobile at 68 this year.

The estate of pop music legend Michael Jackson owes $702 million in federal taxes and penalties, the Internal Revenue Service charged in U.S. Tax Court, accusing the estate of undervaluing some of the star's assets by hundreds of millions of dollars. ackson died on June 25, 2009, the date of the estate tax return. His estate's beneficiaries are Jackson's mother, Katherine, his three children and charities. ackson's image and likeness were valued by the IRS at $434 million. The estate said its taxable value was $2,105.

The largest taxable item was the estate's stake in some of Jackson's recording assets, listed as MJ/ATV Publishing Trust interest in New Horizon Trust II, which was valued at $469 million by IRS. It was not valued in the 2009 estate filing.